Description

Seeking volunteers with Non-Central Geographic Atrophy (GA) or who are genetically high-risk
for Dry Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) for a registry study to increase understanding of how AMD progresses and to support future studies

Overview

We are studying how dry age-related macular degeneration disease progresses by looking at people with non-central Geographic Atrophy (GA). We want to see if there is a connection between the genetic type of GA and changes in the eye and vision over time. We will collect DNA samples by using a swab to scrape cells from inside of volunteer's mouths and then monitor their eyes at office visits every 6 months over several years.

What we're hoping for

We hope to develop a patient registry and collect important data over a long period of time to further increase understanding of how dry age-related macular degeneration progresses and to support future studies.

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The UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science is part of the
Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, funded by the
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (Grant #
UL1-TR001453) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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